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What Happens When Positivity Turns Toxic
What Happens When Positivity Turns Toxic
Please stop telling people a smile will turn their day around
Suzanna Quintana
Apr 30
Are Children the Most Important Thing I Can Contribute to Society?
Are Children the Most Important Thing I Can Contribute to Society?
I never understood whether I wanted children or not until I couldn’t have them anymore
Ronke Babajide
Apr 30
How Horrifying Early 2000s Dating Advice Shaped a Whole Generation of Women
How Horrifying Early 2000s Dating Advice Shaped a Whole Generation ...
We had to unlearn it all
Charlie Brown
Apr 28
My Musical Path To Womanhood
My Musical Path To Womanhood
How the Women of Rock in the 90s gave me agency for feminine expression on my terms
Lyrical Lioness, OCT, M.S.Ed., BMus.
Apr 27
Are You With an Abuser or Just an Asshole?
Are You With an Abuser or Just an Asshole?
Where exactly is that line?
Suzanna Quintana
Apr 27
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Don’t Surrender Yourself to Anyone
Don’t Surrender Yourself to Anyone
No one worthwhile will ever ask you to make that sacrifice
Colleen Sheehy Orme
Apr 26
To the Man Who Asked Why Women Have So Little Guilt When Cheating
To the Man Who Asked Why Women Have So Little Guilt When Cheating
The affair that wreaked havoc on my digestive system
Tiffany Norman
Apr 26
My Kids Asked Why I Married Him, and I Wish My Answer was Better
My Kids Asked Why I Married Him, and I Wish My Answer was Better
There is no easy answer when your ex’s poor behavior continues
Katherine Hart
Apr 25
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My Colleagues Made Fun Of Me For Getting Divorced
My Colleagues Made Fun Of Me For Getting Divorced
I was leaving an abusive relationship
Kim Fedyk
Apr 25
The Danger Lurking in my “Safe” Neighborhood
The Danger Lurking in my “Safe” Neighborhood
In evading one hazard I ran right into another
Maevyn Frey
Apr 24
I Came Across a Bear in the Woods — Here’s Why I’m Glad It Wasn’t a Man
I Came Across a Bear in the Woods — Here’s Why I’m Glad It Wasn’t a...
I’ve officially entered the bear vs. man argument
Suzanna Quintana
Apr 23
A Massage that Turned Dark
A Massage that Turned Dark
The gray area of abuse
No blabs
Apr 21
It was the Better Part of Me That Made Me Tolerate the Worst in Someone Else
It was the Better Part of Me That Made Me Tolerate the Worst in Som...
It’s why I struggle with the word abuse
Colleen Sheehy Orme
Apr 20
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